A review of the past week

Sunday morning, Will pukes. Fever all day, lots of sleeping.
Monday, Will still has fever. More holding and sleeping.
Tuesday, Abbie has a bad cough. Gagging on phlegm. Keep her home from school. Notable improvement in Will. Tuesday night, Will has diarrhea.
Wednesday, Abbie coughs. I start to cough.
Thursday, Will is coughing.
Friday, Everyone is coughing. No school again for Abbie. Little noses are now green. YUM!
Friday night, Andy comes home with the cold.
Saturday, I'm miserable.
Sunday, I'm miserable.
Sunday night, Will DOES NOT sleep. AT ALL. Tons of crying, all night holding, late night drives, late night cartoons, many co-sleeping attempts, little results.
Monday morning, off to the doctor. Double ear infection for Will. Antibiotic ordered. "Just" a cold for Abbie, should be running it's course with in 7-10 days. Almost there. Phone call to my OB, Robitussin for me. Antibiotic for Andy.
My lovely sister-in-law, Katy, threw herself to the fire. She went to the doctor with me, and watched Abbie all day while Will and I made up for lost sleep.
Jeez, I hope this it for now!

On the OB front, went to Dr G. yesterday. Dilated to a definite 2, and "could be a 3 if he wanted to push it." Yeah, let's push it. More thinning. That's it. Back in a week.

Going to have Abbie's birthday festivities this weekend. We had thought about Chuck E Cheese, but I can do without any more unnecessary germ exposure. Think we'll stick to cake here. She chose a Little Mermaid theme.

With my husband's guidance I have finally broken down and hired someone to come clean. Just once before "Diego" comes. She comes next Friday. It's killing me to do it, but I am lacking in motivation and the ability to bend and move swiftly around the house. Actually, I am now looking forward to passing off the duties. Hopefully this doesn't turn into an addiction!

Belly Shot

Here's a new pic of the ever expanding belly!

I have been checked twice now, but have remained dilated between a 1 & 2. Not much else to report. Dr. G won't induce until week of May 10th, BOO!!

Still hard at work on names. What do you guys think?

Benjamin Allen Manar, would go by Ben.

Ryan Allen Manar

Lucas Allen Manar, would go by Luke.

Matthew Allen Manar

Drew Allen Manar, however my brother in law is a Drew Alan too.

These are the steady contenders...I think?!? Allen most likely will remain the middle name. That is Papaw's middle name, and since Will (William) is after Nono, and Abbie (Katherine) is after Aunt Katy & Aunt Mimi....it only seems natural to keep a family name in there somewhere.

Tattoo Artist?

This is how my afternoon ended. I was on the phone with Molly, and heard Will say "Abbie, look, tattoo!" A quick glance over and he had a green arm. I figured the markers were already out, we were already going to have to visit the tub, so why not? Yes, pretty sure he had a BLAST! And gotta love the washable markers...the easiest tattoo removal ever I'm sure!

Easter Fun!

Abbie & Nona with her first Egg of the day.

Our Easter Festivities started on Friday afternoon. Nona came over to help us color eggs. Will was only interested in splashing in the colors, and later mixing all the colors. Fun! Abbie had more fun, but hated the smell of the vinegar.

We spent Saturday with my dad's side of the family. We had a late lunch, and the kids hunted Easter Eggs. We then headed to Papaw & Memaw's to spend the night. The Easter Bunny hid eggs there as well, and left Abbie & Will a basket of goodies. I think their favorite part of finding these eggs was the money inside. They each got $8, and Abbie was excited. She decided she wanted to use her money to buy a Happy Meal. The next morning at Church she gave a dollar in the Offering without any prompting from us. Too cute!

Sunday morning we headed back to BH for Church. Then off to Nono and Nona's for lunch, another egg hunt, and basket finding. Phew! A lot of running! Needless to say Abbie & Will were absolutely spoiled and had a great time!!

Easter Card

Wow, It's been some time since I have updated.

Above are pictures of our Easter cards this year. The bunny on the front was done with a hand print minus the thumb. Unfortunately, Will wasn't feeling it. He did manage to make his own bunny for Nono & Nona's card and Papaw & Memaw's card. I guess that's the most important anyway. The inside is my poor drawing of a basket, and I notice this one is crooked..Oh well. They used their fingertips to make eggs. Will actually did this. He was orange and yellow, and Abbie was pink and purple. Abbie also is doing really well writing her name. 10 cards later and we were done!

These are the best pictures I could get of Abbie & Will to include in the cards. The grandparents and great grandparents did manage to get a few more of the "session" pics. Will was not interested in having his picture taken. Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!